Course Catalog

Programming with Karel
Students learn the basics of programming by giving Karel the Dog commands in a grid world.

Karel Challenges
Students apply all the foundational concepts from Intro to Karel to solve new challenges.

JavaScript and Graphics
Students learn the basics of JavaScript including variables, user input, mathematics, and basic graphics.

Graphics Challenges
Students learn how to pair program while tackling more challenging tasks with JavaScript graphics.

JavaScript Control Structures
Students learn how to use control structures such as if/else statements and loops to make advanced programs in JavaScript.

Control Structures Challenges
Students apply the foundational concepts from the Control Structures unit to solve new challenges.

Functions and Parameters
Students learn to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Functions Challenges
Students use what they have learned in the Functions module to solve new challenges.

Animation and Games
Students learn how to make objects move around the screen and let users interact using the mouse!

Animation Challenges
Students apply all the foundational concepts from the Animations unit to solve new challenges.

Project: Breakout
Students learn how to make their own Breakout game from scratch using JavaScript.

Final Project
Students apply the skills they've learned throughout the course to create an original program!

Final Exam
This course ends with a 25 question multiple choice exam.

Intro to CS: JavaScript Pretest

Supplemental

Midterm

Extra Karel Practice
It can take some time to learn all of Karel's tricks. Brush up here with some extra Karel practice problems. These reinforce all of the fundamental concepts introduced in Karel, including commands, functions, loops, conditions control structures, and problem decomposition.

Extra Karel Puzzles
A set of all the trickiest Karel puzzles for you to solve

Functions and Parameters Practice
Functions are the critical building block of any program. To be able to use functions, you want to make sure you fully understand parameters, return values, and how to create your own functions. That is what this practice module is for.

Extra Console Challenges
A bunch of fun console programs to get practice with JavaScript.

More Graphics and Animation
A bunch of fun graphics programs to get practice with JavaScript.

Data Structures Challenge Problems
Learn to code Conway's Game of Life and your own Connect Four game using your skills in data structures.

Evolution Simulation

Demo Problems

Extra Quiz Questions

Visualizing Music
Learn how to create your own music visualizer!

Data Structures
Students learn about lists/arrays, maps/objects, sets, and grids. These are the essential basic data structures that any program will use.

Project: Tic Tac Toe
Students create their own game of Tic Tac Toe! Students apply what they have learned about data structures and make a two player tic tac toe game.

Project: Helicopter Game
Students demonstrate their programming prowess as they develop the classic Helicopter game one step at a time.

Programming with Karel
Students learn the basics of programming by giving Karel the Dog commands in a grid world.

Karel Challenges
Students apply all the foundational concepts from Intro to Karel to solve new challenges.

JavaScript Basics
Students learn the basics of JavaScript including variables, user input, mathematics, and functions.

The Canvas and Graphics
Students learn how to add graphics objects and position them on the canvas.

Graphics Challenges
Students apply what they have learned about graphics and basic JavaScript to complete a set of challenges.

Control Structures
Students learn how to use control structures such as if/else statements and loops to make advanced programs in JavaScript.

Control Structures Challenges
Students apply the foundational concepts from the Control Structures module to solve new challenges.

Functions
Students learn to write reusable code with functions, parameters, and return values, and explore the impact of variable scopes.

Functions Challenges
Students use what they have learned in the Functions module to solve new challenges.

Animation and Games
Students learn how to make objects move around the screen and let users interact using the mouse!

Animation Challenges
Students apply all the foundational concepts from the Animations module to solve new challenges.

Project: Breakout
Students learn how to make their own Breakout game from scratch using JavaScript.

Final Project
Students apply the skills they've learned throughout the course to create an original program!

Final Exam
This course ends with a 25 question multiple choice exam.

Supplemental

Midterm

Practice: Karel
It can take some time to learn all of Karel's tricks. Brush up here with some extra Karel practice problems. These reinforce all of the fundamental concepts introduced in Karel, including commands, functions, loops, conditions control structures, and problem decomposition.

Practice: Functions
Functions are the critical building block of any program. To be able to use functions, you want to make sure you fully understand parameters, return values, and how to create your own functions. That is what this practice module is for.

Practice: Console Challenges
A bunch of fun console programs to get practice with JavaScript.

Practice: Graphics and Animation
A bunch of fun graphics programs to get practice with JavaScript.

Extension: Visualizing Music
Learn how to create your own music visualizer!

Extension: Data Structures
Students learn about lists/arrays, maps/objects, sets, and grids. These are the essential basic data structures that any program will use.

Practice: Data Structures Challenges
Learn to code Conway's Game of Life and your own Connect Four game using your skills in data structures.

Project: Tic Tac Toe
Students create their own game of Tic Tac Toe! Students apply what they have learned about data structures and make a two player tic tac toe game.

Project: Helicopter Game
Students demonstrate their programming prowess as they develop the classic Helicopter game one step at a time.

Intro to CS: JavaScript Pretest

Welcome
Students gain an understanding of what the course is about and reflect on what they hope to learn.

Introduction to Programming with Turtle Graphics
Students learn Python commands, functions, and control structures by drawing shapes on their screen and solving puzzles with Turtle Graphics.

Basic Python and Console Interaction
Students learn the basics of programming by writing programs that interact with users through the keyboard.

Conditionals
Students teach their programs to make decisions based on the information it receives.

Looping
Students learn how to write more efficient code by using loops as shortcuts.

Functions and Exceptions
Students learn how their programs can be decomposed into smaller pieces that work together to solve a problem.

Strings
Students use more sophisticated strategies for manipulating text in their programs - slicing, concatenating, and formatting.

Creating and Altering Data Structures
Students learn how tuples and lists are formed and the various methods that can alter them.

Extending Data Structures
Students learn to build more complex programs that make use of grids and dictionaries.

Project: Guess the Word
Students use the skills they've learned throughout the course to build a word guessing game.

Final Exam
Students prove their knowledge of content learned throughout the course through a multiple choice, short answer, and programming exam.

Intro to CS: Python Pretest

Intro to CS: Python Posttest

Supplemental

Classes and Objects
Learn the principles of object-oriented design.

Advanced Tracy Challenges

Midterm

Additional Topics
Teach your program to make decisions based on the information it receives. Learn how to decompose your program into smaller pieces that work together to solve a problem!

Project: Who Said It?
Use your programming knowledge to build a program that can predict whether a small sample of text was written by Jane Austen or William Shakespeare!

Python Graphics (Tkinter)

Project: Mastermind

Categorizing Triangles
Explore how we can use a computer to perform calculations and make decisions based on user input! You will use Turtle Graphics in Python to draw a triangle and write text to the screen and then use if/else statements, variables, functions, and mathematical, logical, and comparison operators to print the resulting triangle category.

Python Graphics (Brython)

Karel in Python
Karel is a dog that only knows how to move, turn left, and place tennis balls in his world. You can give Karel these commands to instruct him to do certain things. We use Karel to show you what it means to program, and allow you to focus on problem-solving.

Primitive Types
Students learn about writing the main method and start to call preexisting methods to produce output. Students learn about three built-in data types and learn how to create variables, store values, and interact with those variables using basic operations.

Using Objects
Students learn how to create and use classes and objects. This unit builds on students’ ability to write expressions by introducing them to Math class and String methods to write expressions for generating random numbers and other more complex operations.

Boolean Expressions and if Statements
Students learn the syntax and proper use of conditional statements in Java, as well as how to implement Boolean variables in their programs by writing Boolean expressions with relational and logical operators.

Iteration
Students learn how to use iteration to improve the reusability and speed of their programs. Students evaluate which iterative structures should be used in a given context, and build programs that require them to choose the iterative structure that works best.

Writing Classes
Students learn how to create and implement complex classes and objects.

Array
Students learn about how to use and manipulate data in the form of arrays. Students explore the limitations of primitive data types in the context of storing data, and develop programs that use arrays to store and search for data.

ArrayList
Students learn about the limitations of arrays, and are introduced to a new data structure - ArrayLists. Students are asked to compare the two data structures and implement programs that utilize each.

2D Array
Students learn how to store data in increasingly complex ways by introducing them to the 2D arrays. Students learn standard algorithms to utilize and search 2D arrays, as well as ways to use them effectively in their programs.

Inheritance
Students learn how to recognize common attributes and behaviors that can be used in a superclass and create hierarchies by writing subclasses to extend a superclass.

Recursion
Students learn how to write simple recursive methods and determine the purpose or output of a recursive method by tracing.

Java Pretest

Supplemental

Introduction to Programming in Java with Karel the Dog
Intro to Java with Karel the Dog. Learn the basics of java commands, control structures, and problem solving by solving puzzles with Karel. This is recommended as Summer Work for students entering AP CS A, or for students who are taking AP CS A as their first programming class.

AP Test Practice
In this module students will get a practice exam in the same format as the AP Computer Science in Java test.

Additional Exercises

Elevens
In the Elevens lab, you will use Object Oriented design to create a solitaire card game. At the end of the lab, you'll use a Graphical User Interface to play the game you create! Students can complete this assignment after finishing Unit 6: Data Structures in AP CS A (Mocha). This assignment does not align with College Board Standards, as abstract classes are not covered in AP CS A (Nitro).

Magpie
In the Magpie lab, you will use String methods and pattern matching to create a chat bot that you can have a conversation with. Students can complete this assignment after finishing Unit 5: Writing Classes in AP CS A (Nitro), or Unit 4: Classes and Objects in AP CS A (Mocha).

Picture Lab
In this lab, you will write methods to modify pictures. You'll explore the way pictures are stored in memory, nested loops, interfaces, and inheritance. Students can complete this assignment after finishing Unit 9: Inheritance in AP CS A (Nitro), or Unit 5: Data Structures in AP CS A (Mocha). This assignment does not align with College Board Standards, as it uses Interfaces.

Consumer Review Lab
The persuasive power of words can be seen in a variety of places such as entertainment, news, social media, and even reviews and comments. Students learn about sentiment value and how this can be used to construct or modify a review to be more positive or negative using String manipulation. This lab can be used after Unit 4: Iteration in Nitro, and Unit 3 Methods in Mocha

Celebrity Lab
Students will discuss class design as it relates to the game Celebrity, where a person or team tries to guess the name of a celebrity from a given clue or set of clues. This lab includes inheritance as the basis for one of the activities, and also includes a Graphical User Interface. This lab can be completed after Unit 9 Inheritance in Nitro, and Unit 5 Data Structures in Mocha.

Steganography Lab
Steganography is the practice of concealing messages or information within other non-secret text or data. Students will use the same code from Picture Lab to explore the concepts of steganography and 2D arrays, hiding images or text inside of other images. This lab can be completed after Unit 8 2D Arrays in AP CS A Nitro, and after unit Unit 5 Data Structures in AP CS A Mocha.

Introduction to Programming
Karel is a dog that only knows how to move, turn left, and place tennis balls in his world. You can give Karel these commands to instruct him to do certain things. We use Karel to show you what it means to program, and allow you to focus on problem-solving.

Practice PT: Pair-Programming Paint!
In this project, students apply their knowledge of Karel to express their artistic side and create an image using Ultra Karel commands.

Programming with JavaScript
Students learn the basics of JavaScript, including variables, user input, control structures, functions with parameters and return values, and basic graphics, how to send messages to objects.

JavaScript Control Structures
Students learn how to use booleans and logical operators with control structures to make more advanced programs in JavaScript.

Functions and Parameters
Students learn how to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Practice PT: Tell a Story
Students apply what they've learned from the previous module to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Basic Data Structures
Students learn about lists and arrays which are essential basic data structures that any program will use.

Digital Information
Students learn about the various ways to represent information digitally including number systems, encoding data, programmatically creating pixel images, comparing data encodings, compressing and encrypting data.

Practice PT: Steganography
Students apply knowledge about digital representation of data in a real-world application of using steganography to encrypt information.

Practice PT: Create an Image Filter!
Students apply data structure and digital information concepts together to create their own image filters.

The Internet
Students explore the structure and design of the internet, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy.

Project: The Effects of the Internet
Students apply their knowledge of the internet as they look at the impacts that it has on our world.

Data
Students explore using computational tools to store massive amounts of data, manipulate and visualize data, find patterns in data, and pull conclusions from data.

Project: Present a Data-Driven Insight
Students apply data concepts into a project where they can explore their own data application.

Project: The Impacts of Computing
While the performance task is no longer a graded part of the AP test, the skills needed for the performance task are still a part of the curriculum. This module will give students a chance to apply these concepts in a project format.

Create Performance Task
Students review course content and practice the skills necessary to complete each AP CSP Performance Task.

AP Exam Review
Students review of the topics covered in the course and practice solving AP Exam style multiple choice questions.

Creative Development
Students learn the theory and practice of user interface design. Students learn about what makes an engaging and accessible user interface and will employ an iterative design process including rapid prototyping and user testing to design and develop their own engaging web pages.

Final
Final exam for the course.

Supplemental

Midterm

Extra Karel Practice
It can take some time to learn all of Karel's tricks. Brush up here with some extra Karel practice problems. These reinforce all of the fundamental concepts introduced in Karel, including commands, functions, loops, conditions control structures, and problem decomposition.

Extra Karel Puzzles
A set of all the trickiest Karel puzzles for you to solve

Karel Challenges
In this module you'll take all the foundational concepts from Karel to solve some programming challenges.

Web Development
In this unit, students will go through a high level introduction to HTML, CSS, and the processes involved in viewing web pages on the internet. Students will create several simple web pages using the CodeHS online editor to gain practice using the various features of HTML and CSS.

Functions and Parameters Practice
Functions are the critical building block of any program. To be able to use functions, you want to make sure you fully understand parameters, return values, and how to create your own functions. That is what this practice module is for.

Extra Console Challenges
A bunch of fun console programs to get practice with JavaScript.

Animation and Games
Now, your graphics will come to life. You will learn how to make objects move around the screen. You will also learn how to let the user interact with your program with the mouse. At the end of this section, you will program your very own video game.

Project: Breakout
Learn to make the game invented by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak! In this module, you will build your very own breakout game from scratch using JavaScript.

Data Structures Challenge Problems
Learn to code Conway's Game of Life and your own Connect Four game using your skills in data structures.

Visualizing Music
Learn how to create your own music visualizer!

Project: Tic Tac Toe
Did you know that Tic Tac Toe may have been played in Ancient Egypt? Now, you get to make your own game of tic tac toe on the computer! In this module, you will take what you have learned about data structures and make a two player tic tac toe game.

Project: Helicopter Game
You now have the tools to make amazing games. This module walks you through the creation of the classic Helicopter game one step at a time.

More Basic Data Structures
We introduce more data structures: sets, objects, and grids. These are the essential basic data structures that any program will use.

Computer Science Principles Pretest
This is a pretest to get a baseline level of understanding before the course begins.

Computer Science Principles Posttest
This is a posttest to help get a baseline of grown for students.

Practice PT: The Shopping List

Practice PT: Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

Introduction to Programming
Karel is a dog that only knows how to move, turn left, and place tennis balls in his world. You can give Karel these commands to instruct him to do certain things. We use Karel to show you what it means to program, and allow you to focus on problem-solving.

Practice PT: Pair-Programming Paint!
In this project, students apply their knowledge of Karel to express their artistic side and create an image using Ultra Karel commands.

Programming with Python
Students learn the basics of Python, including variables, user input, control structures, functions with parameters and return values, and basic graphics, how to send messages to objects.

Python Control Structures
Students learn how to use booleans and logical operators with control structures to make more advanced programs in JavaScript.

Functions and Parameters
Students learn how to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Practice PT: Tell a Story
Students apply what they've learned from the previous module to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Basic Data Structures
Students will learn the basics of lists in Python while exploring tuples and lists. Students will explore how to create each of these and the various methods to access or alter them.

Digital Information
Students learn about the various ways to represent information digitally including number systems, encoding data, programmatically creating pixel images, comparing data encodings, compressing and encrypting data.

Practice PT: Steganography
Students apply knowledge about digital representation of data in a real-world application of using steganography to encrypt information.

Practice PT: Create an Image Filter!
Students apply data structure and digital information concepts together to create their own image filters.

The Internet
Students explore the structure and design of the internet, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy.

Project: The Effects of the Internet
Students apply their knowledge of the internet as they look at the impacts that it has on our world.

Data
Students explore using computational tools to store massive amounts of data, manipulate and visualize data, find patterns in data, and pull conclusions from data.

Project: Present a Data-Driven Insight
Students apply data concepts into a project where they can explore their own data application.

Project: The Impact of Computing
While the performance task is no longer a graded part of the AP test, the skills needed for the performance task are still a part of the curriculum. This module will give students a chance to apply these concepts in a project format.

Create Performance Task
Students will be given the chance to review course content and practice the skills necessary to complete each performance task.

AP Exam Review
Students review of the topics covered in the course and practice solving AP Exam-style multiple-choice questions.

Creative Development
Students learn the theory and practice of user interface design. Students learn about what makes an engaging and accessible user interface and will employ an iterative design process including rapid prototyping and user testing to design and develop their own engaging programs.

Final
Final exam for the course.

Computer Science Principles Pretest

Supplemental

Midterm

Computer Science Principles Posttest

Extra Karel Practice
It can take some time to learn all of Karel's tricks. Brush up here with some extra Karel practice problems. These reinforce all of the fundamental concepts introduced in Karel, including commands, functions, loops, conditions control structures, and problem decomposition.

Extra Karel Puzzles
A set of all the trickiest Karel puzzles for you to solve

Karel Challenges
In this module you'll take all the foundational concepts from Karel to solve some programming challenges.

Web Development
In this unit, students will go through a high level introduction to HTML, CSS, and the processes involved in viewing web pages on the internet. Students will create several simple web pages using the CodeHS online editor to gain practice using the various features of HTML and CSS.

Classes and Objects
Learn the principles of object-oriented design.

Additional Topics
Teach your program to make decisions based on the information it receives. Learn how to decompose your program into smaller pieces that work together to solve a problem!

Project: Who Said It?
Use your programming knowledge to build a program that can predict whether a small sample of text was written by Jane Austen or William Shakespeare!

Project: Mastermind

Practice PT: Testing 1, 2, 3 ...

Practice PT: The Shopping List

Strings
Students use more sophisticated strategies for manipulating text in their programs - slicing, concatenating, and formatting.

Introduction to Programming
Karel is a dog that only knows how to move, turn left, and place tennis balls in his world. You can give Karel these commands to instruct him to do certain things. We use Karel to show you what it means to program, and allow you to focus on problem-solving.

Practice PT: Pair-Programming Paint!
Karel is a dog that only knows how to move, turn left, and place tennis balls in his world. You can give Karel these commands to instruct him to do certain things. We use Karel to show you what it means to program, and allow you to focus on problem-solving.

Programming with JavaScript
Students learn the basics of JavaScript, including variables, user input, control structures, functions with parameters and return values, and basic graphics, how to send messages to objects.

JavaScript Control Structures
Students learn how to use booleans and logical operators with control structures to make more advanced programs in JavaScript.

Functions and Parameters
Students learn how to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Practice PT: Tell a Story
Students apply what they've learned from the previous module to write reusable code with functions and parameters.

Basic Data Structures
Students learn about lists and arrays which are essential basic data structures that any program will use.

Digital Information
Students learn about the various ways to represent information digitally including number systems, encoding data, programmatically creating pixel images, comparing data encodings, compressing and encrypting data.

Practice PT: Steganography - Color Channels
In this project, students will be implementing a form of cryptography known as Steganography.

Encryption
In this unit, students will learn about the various ways we encrypt information. Topics covered include encoding and decrypting Caesar and Vigenere ciphers, and understanding symmetric and public key encryption

Practice PT: Create an Image Filter!
In this project, students pair up with a partner to develop a novel image filter that can be applied to any digital image of their choosing.

The Internet
Students explore the structure and design of the internet, and how this design affects the reliability of network communication, the security of data, and personal privacy.

Cybersecurity
In this unit, students will learn about assessing different cybersecurity risks on both a personal level and a wider network level.

Practice PT: Cyber Ethics
In this project, students will choose one of four articles on cyberethics and write a position paper. Based on that article, they will provide an arguable opinion about who is responsible and why.

Data
Students explore using computational tools to store massive amounts of data, manipulate and visualize data, find patterns in data, and pull conclusions from data.

Project: Present a Data-Driven Insight
Students explore using computational tools to store massive amounts of data, manipulate and visualize data, find patterns in data, and pull conclusions from data.

Project: The Impacts of Computing
While the performance task is no longer a graded part of the AP test, the skills needed for the performance task are still a part of the curriculum. This module will give students a chance to apply these concepts in a project format.

Create Performance Task
Students review course content and practice the skills necessary to complete each AP CSP Performance Task.

AP Exam Review
Students review of the topics covered in the course and practice solving AP Exam style multiple choice questions.

Creative Development
This unit introduces students to the theory and practice of user interface design. Students learn about what makes an engaging and accessible user interface, and will employ an iterative design process including rapid prototyping and user testing to design and develop their own engaging web pages.

Final
Final exam for the course.

Supplemental

Midterm
The midterm for the course.